Polar wander

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Polar motion

Polar wander is the movement of the North and South Poles of the Earth with respect to the continents. This motion can be divided into two components: apparent polar wander, due to continental drift (the continents' movement over the mantle), and true polar wander, in which the mantle and the crust rotate together into new orientations.

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